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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 11:57:07 GMT -5
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I thought we'd get the usual "face chases heel off, heel retreats up ramp whilst shouting, face poses, 'MURICA!", then Rusev just booted him in the face. I kept thinking "Aaaaand now he's going to make his comeback." But he never did! The shot of him locking the Accolade in at the top of the ramp and then Lana standing on Mojo in front of the American flag was hilariously unsubtle. I despise those SYMBOLISM shots, they're so contrived and take me out of the moment.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 30, 2014 11:57:12 GMT -5
I laughed, I don't hate Mojo either.
He's pretty much doing the Ultimate Warrior guy with superhuman levels of energy that pretty much just runs over people.
not that I'm saying he's as charismatic or will be anywhere near as successful as Warrior... but there are some parallels.
I'm also not a big fan of the name Mojo.
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Post by Chainsaw on May 30, 2014 12:16:48 GMT -5
He was like Hacksaw Jim Duggan if Hacksaw was completely unsuccessful.
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Post by The Ichi on May 30, 2014 13:06:29 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? I haven't even seen him in action, to be honest, but by default I'm going to hate anyone with the name Mojo Rawley.
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Post by percymania on May 30, 2014 21:31:52 GMT -5
I enjoyed Lana's proud posing.
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Post by Brickstone Kid on May 30, 2014 22:13:32 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? His finisher is a jumping teabag. EDIT: Also, his signature move is the Rear View
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on May 30, 2014 22:16:55 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? His finisher is a jumping teabag. EDIT: Also, his signature move is the Rear View This would be my other thing against him. The Hyperdrive is easily the worst finisher in WWE today.
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Post by turkeysandwich on May 30, 2014 22:31:52 GMT -5
The main thing that annoys me about Mojo is that little layer of fat around his middle that jiggles no-stop when he is jumping around and stuff. I think I'd like him more if he wore a singlet to cover that, and he needs come different moves that aren't normal fat guy moves. Essentially what I'm saying is he needs to either get really fat, like Earthquake or Typhoon, or cover up his skinny fat abs.
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Post by Chip on May 30, 2014 22:51:21 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? I don't think his gimmick works at all. It's fine to be a super energetic character but the way he's going about it is all wrong. Here's a guy that says himself that he stays hype. Trouble is he runs to the ring, runs around, high fives, shouts a lot, he get's hype. The second he gets into the ring, due to being a face the heel kicks the shit out of him and slows the match to a crawl and his character evaporates. All the excitement that his entrance created doesn't go anywhere or get any heat on the heel, it's a gimmick that only works as an entrance and as a backstage deal.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 31, 2014 0:32:48 GMT -5
My cat's name is Mojo, that's all I have to add to this
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 31, 2014 2:20:23 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? I don't think his gimmick works at all. It's fine to be a super energetic character but the way he's going about it is all wrong. Here's a guy that says himself that he stays hype. Trouble is he runs to the ring, runs around, high fives, shouts a lot, he get's hype. The second he gets into the ring, due to being a face the heel kicks the shit out of him and slows the match to a crawl and his character evaporates. All the excitement that his entrance created doesn't go anywhere or get any heat on the heel, it's a gimmick that only works as an entrance and as a backstage deal. He's a face so of course the heel kicks he shit out of him for a bit. But look at other guys like Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne or Alex Riley who have also done some variation of the "energetic face that runs and jumps around" gimmick. Yes, the heel's offense will slow them down, but they get a resurgence once they start their comeback sequence.
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Post by Chip on May 31, 2014 8:22:45 GMT -5
I don't think his gimmick works at all. It's fine to be a super energetic character but the way he's going about it is all wrong. Here's a guy that says himself that he stays hype. Trouble is he runs to the ring, runs around, high fives, shouts a lot, he get's hype. The second he gets into the ring, due to being a face the heel kicks the shit out of him and slows the match to a crawl and his character evaporates. All the excitement that his entrance created doesn't go anywhere or get any heat on the heel, it's a gimmick that only works as an entrance and as a backstage deal. He's a face so of course the heel kicks he shit out of him for a bit. But look at other guys like Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne or Alex Riley who have also done some variation of the "energetic face that runs and jumps around" gimmick. Yes, the heel's offense will slow them down, but they get a resurgence once they start their comeback sequence. Being energetic just happens to be part of them, it's not their entire gimmick.
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Post by audiencewatching on May 31, 2014 8:54:26 GMT -5
I was confused as to what the point was, especially since you JUST got merch for the guy why do you kill him off? especially since he already does this on RAW/SD, very strange for NXT to replay it. Was funny to see him rushing into a beatdown. To have him come back strong and take out Rusev!
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Post by keezy on May 31, 2014 8:54:26 GMT -5
The main thing that annoys me about Mojo is that little layer of fat around his middle that jiggles no-stop when he is jumping around and stuff. I think I'd like him more if he wore a singlet to cover that, and he needs come different moves that aren't normal fat guy moves. Essentially what I'm saying is he needs to either get really fat, like Earthquake or Typhoon, or cover up his skinny fat abs. Or he could just pull his trunks up really high like Rusev does.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 31, 2014 9:25:45 GMT -5
Mojo Rawley is a terrible name. I honestly think that's part of the reason people hate him so much. another example of WWE's soap opera name generator hurting a guy. nobody's ever going to buy a t-shirt with the words "Mojo Rawley" on them. it's never going to happen. even if I were impressed by the guy (I'm not, based on what little of seen of him) that name's a noose waiting for a tree to hang from. WWE really needs to stop deciding "THIS GUY is going to be one of the faces of the company in the future" because it usually doesn't happen and even when it does it's because the guy succeeds IN SPITE of WWE's attempts at cramming him down people's throats. that superman booking "just because" never helps anyone.
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Post by mrjl on May 31, 2014 10:40:09 GMT -5
Sorry, haven't been paying attention. Why do we dislike Mojo? His finisher is a jumping teabag. This boards favorite wrestler's finisher was the jumping teabag
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Post by Chip on May 31, 2014 10:54:08 GMT -5
His finisher is a jumping teabag. This boards favorite wrestler's finisher was the jumping teabag Quake had the size to make it credible. Mojo does not. It's like trying to make a clothesline from someone like Evan Bourne work, dude just doesn't have the size for anyone to believe it could get a pin. There's a point where suspension of disbelief get's strained too much and it just breaks.
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Post by Viva on May 31, 2014 10:57:35 GMT -5
The thing about it is, that America is better, lets tote a flag thing was always kind of stupid and xenophobic.
It was nice to see the foreign heel just utterly murder someone for being all 'Merica.
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Post by mrjl on May 31, 2014 11:12:34 GMT -5
The thing about it is, that America is better, lets tote a flag thing was always kind of stupid and xenophobic. It was nice to see the foreign heel just utterly murder someone for being all 'Merica. the way I see it, you want to get in my face about something, you never just had the heel bring his flag to the ring after all, I've got the right to give it back at you
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Post by mrjl on May 31, 2014 11:14:30 GMT -5
This boards favorite wrestler's finisher was the jumping teabag Quake had the size to make it credible. Mojo does not. It's like trying to make a clothesline from someone like Evan Bourne work, dude just doesn't have the size for anyone to believe it could get a pin. There's a point where suspension of disbelief get's strained too much and it just breaks. well, I checked his weight. He's listed at 272, I though he'd be closer to 300, but that's still 30 pounds on guys who used the top rope version of the move, Jacques Rougeau and Matt Bourne
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